Philocheras gorei ( Dardeau, 1980 )

Alves-Júnior, Flavio De Almeida, Viana, Girlene Fábia Segundo, Araújo, Marina De Sá Leitão Câmara De & Souza-Filho, Jesser F., 2018, New records of the family Crangonidae (Decapoda: Caridea) from Southwestern Atlantic, Zootaxa 4369 (1) : -

Philocheras gorei ( Dardeau, 1980)

( Fig. 5A–E )

Pontophilus gorei Dardeau, 1980: 563 , fig. 1–4.— Dardeau & Heard 1983:19, fig. 2d, g;— Williams 1984: 161, fig. 114. Philocheras gorei — Chace, 1984: 39.— Christoffersen 1988: 53.— Nizinski 2003:112.

Material examined. 1 female (TL: 21 mm), ExpeditiOn PAVASAS I (State Of MaranhÃO—Brazil), #dredge 0 5, 45 m, 02°15’30” S, 40°29’18'' W, 20 July 1987, MOUFPE: 9.569.

Diagnosis. See Dardeu (1980) and Williams (1984).

Geographical distribution. Western Atlantic: Central GeOrgia; United States (Central Eastern FlOrida), Gulf Of MexicO (SOuthwestern FlOrida, Cape San Bias and Padre Island, Texas) and Brazil: (Maranhão and RiO de JaneirO), Uruguay ( Fig. 6 ) ( Dardeau & Heard 1983; Williams 1984; ChristOffersen 1988; Nizinski 2003).

Bathymetric distribution. Occurring between 9–194 m ( Dardeau & Heard 1983; Williams 1984; ChristOffersen 1988; KOmai 2008; Felder et al. 2009).

Remarks. The specimen herein examined fits well with the descriptiOn given by Dardeau (1980), Dardeau & Heard (1983), Williams (1984) and ChristOffersen (1988), which presents rOstrum shOrt, extending slightly beyOnd cOrnea ( Fig. 1 A, B ); carapace lacking dOrsOlateral suture ( Fig. 1 A, B ); carapace with strOng dOrsOmedial spine behind rOstrum ( Fig. 1 A, B ); merus Of first pereOpOd with strOng spine midway On flexOr margin ( Fig. 1 C ) and telsOn with twO pair Of dOrsOlareral spines ( Fig. 1 E ). The species Of P. gorei inhabits channels within gravel and muddy substrates alOng the cOntinental shelf. The first repOrt frOm Brazilian waters frOm state Of RiO de JaneirO was made by ChristOffersen (1988), thus this is the secOnd repOrt Of P. gorei frOm Brazilian waters.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Parapontocaris caribbaea (Boone, 1927), Ovigerous female (TL: 98 mm), Potiguar Basin, #ARMT–65. A. Habitus: lateral view. B. Habitus:dorsal view. (MOUFPE:15.178). Scale bar = 5 mm.

FIGURE 5. Philocheras gorei (Dardeau, 1980), female (TL: 21 mm), PAVASSAS I, #dredge 05. A. Habitus: dorsal view. B. Habitus: lateral view. C. Pereopod 1. D. Pereopod 2. E. Telson and uropods. (MOUFPE: 9.569). Scales bar = A, B, C, E = 0.5 mm, D = 0.1 mm.

FIGURE 6. Geographic distribution of Philocheras gorei (Dardeau, 1980), in the Atlantic Ocean.